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its a jarring realization that deserts, mountains, and worse climates are mroe hospitable to human civilization than Lush/Green looking northern forests (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[–] 42 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The Sahara used to be far greener in the not too distant past I thought? Also the taiga will be very far less green very soon.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    The area around a major river being greener helps in no way the emergence of a river civilization.

    What matters is that the river banks are fertile, the area has a good climate (especially a long growing season), domesticates were brought, and the area around is worse for sustenance.

    Much to the contrary, the area around being better for sustenance probably makes it more difficult and unlikely for a civilization to emerge, as it allows people to freely escape taxation / corvée by just migrating away from such attempts.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That area has supported hominids since way before civilization. Its crazy how many "cousins" we used to have. It seems like biodiversity used to be way higher there.

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